Agenda

Opening Remarks by Lahba Presidents9:15 AM - 9:30 AM​Presidents Aurelio Martinez and Sebastian Kreis will share about the Latin American and Hispanic Business Association and the Haas MBA.

Dean Rich Lyons Opening Speech9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Dean Richard Lyons will open the conference with a welcoming speech. Rich Lyons is the dean of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Prior to becoming dean in July 2008, he served as the chief learning officer at Goldman Sachs in New York, a position he held since 2006. As chief learning officer, Rich was responsible for leadership development among the firm’s managing directors.

We created this talk last year in the 6th Latin American Conference in order to get everyone up to speed with what’s going on. Gabriel, a champion in Economic Analysis from Banorte will take us through the incredible rollercoaster of what is going on in Latam and what is our potential to drive the change.

Pedro Donati has been officer at Itaú Unibanco for digital channels, the area responsible for customer technology and experience in the bank´s channels, since July 2014. He graduated with a Computer Science degree from the Universidade de São Paulo in 1997, and has worked in the market since the internet’s early days in Brazil in the nineties. Until 2008, he was IT director at B2W (Americanas.com, Shoptime.com and Submarino.com). In 2009, he became director-general for eHub, an E-Commerce logistics and technological platform at Nova PontoCom (Pão de Açúcar Group). In 2011, he joined Itaú Unibanco as senior manager for Internet Technology, a position he held until being appointed officer in 2014.

Some say you have to stay in Latam in order to succeed, others say that if you're not in Silicon Valley you're out. Which one is it? Beth Robertson, an expert in entrepreneurship from Endeavor is willing to figure it out by interviewing three Latinos that were very successful in the tech scene, both here and there. Ignacio Canals became a SaaS mogul at a very young age and launched his company in Chile, today he is pushing a new venture out of Berkeley. Ariel Poler is a Venezuelan entrepreneur and angel investor currently living in Silicon Valley. Eduardo Henrique crushed it in Brazil with Movile Marketing Solutions during 2006 which later became Movile Entertainment, but today he is in Silicon Valley trying to do the same. Is this a common trend?

Lunch Break12:30 PM - 13:15 PM

Fireside Chat: Breaking free from myths about latinos in the US13:15 PM - 2:00 PM​Latinos in the US, challenges, myths and realities. Luz Urrutia struggled to obtain credit as an immigrant in the US. She helped founding El Banco de Nuestra Comunidad in Georgia to give financial access to undeserved hispanics immigrants. Today, she serves and VP of Sales and Service in Oportun where she helps create an environment that attracts people who are committed to making a difference. Join Executive Director of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Remy Arteaga in a fireside chat about the struggle and successes of Latinos trying to make it in the US.

Sustainability Panel: Fireside chat between Ryan Honeyman and Ben KneppersSponsored by the Center for Responsible Business at Haas2:00 PM - 3:00 PM​It is known that the developed world grew at the expense of natural resources from both their land and that of the developing world. Is Latam bound to do the same in its struggle to overcome poverty? Or is the sustainable approach the best way for companies to think of growth in the long term?. Ryan Honeyman, an expert in sustainability and B Corps will try and find out along with the help of sustainable entrepreneur Ben Kneppers of Bureo.

Felipe Kast: Reimagining politics from the ground up3:00 PM - 3:45 PM​After the devastating earthquake of 2010, the Chilean President gave him the almost impossible task of leading the country’s reconstruction, after which he was nominated minister of social development. Felipe saw that poverty and inequality weren’t going to be solved with politics as they were, so he founded an initiative along with a young group of people who had no political background. This would later become the first Chilean right wing political party in more than 20 years! Today he is a Congressman and President of Evopoli Party.

Pisco & Wine tasting!3:45 PM - 5:30 PM ​Prepare to watch the sunset in the Bay like never before. Enjoy the best Peruvian Pisco Huamani and Chilean Santa Rita Wines at the best spot in Berkeley: the top of the California Memorial Stadium.